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[EZ2]

Nice little blip up today --- maybe we can sustain the gains through holiday season !

Several large retailers have announced in recent weeks that they will be adding staff for the holidays.

Macy's Inc. (M:$25.59,00$0.0300,0.12%) is adding 65,000 seasonal employees nationwide to stores, call centers and distribution centers. Kohl's Corp. (KSS:$53.1200,$1.2000,2.31%) will hire over 40,000 seasonal staffers, a more than 20% increase from last year, which equates to about 35 additional workers in each store. Toys "R" Us is adding 10,000 seasonal employees to the 35,000 it hired last year.

Even Blockbuster Inc. (BLOAQ:$0.0480,$0.0010,2.13%) , which is operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announced its plans to hire around 4,000 seasonal employees in the U.S. for the holiday season.

Macy's (M:$25.59,00$0.0300,0.12%) said the company's hiring plans are a slight increase over the previous years, "reflecting the company's expectations for same-store sales in the second half of fiscal 2010 to be up by 3 to 3.5%."

Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said Macy's (M:$25.59,00$0.0300,0.12%) is ramping "up our workforce starting now and running through December" to ensure customers are well-served during the busiest shopping season of the year.

[EZ2]

Go VRA :-)